1950s Crooner Jerry Vale Dies at 83

Vale died in his Palm Desert home surrounded by family and friends, his attorney Harold J. Levy told the AP in a statement.

Born Genaro Louis Vitaliano, Vale began his career performing in New York supper clubs as a teen. It was then that he signed a management contract, changed his name and got a recording deal with Columbia. Vale's biggest hit was in 1956 with "You Don't Know Me."